The country’s modern history has been overshadowed by a brutal civil war that ended in 2002, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people – about ...

Sawyerr, and its first chief heat officer, Eugenia Kargbo, have teamed up to protect citizens from extreme heat and replenish ...

During Sierra Leone’s civil war, child combatants armed with pistols, rifles, and machetes actively participated in killings and massacres, severed the arms of other children, participated in ...

The RPCA has pioneered the Longitudinal Study of War-affected Youth (LSWAY) that began in 2002 at the end of Sierra Leone’s civil war. Funded through multiple National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH ...

It’s another impediment to recovering the once-booming tourist trade following the decade of civil war in the 1990s. The shore in the fishing village of Tombo. CHERRDOR DARAMY. While its contemporary ...

Between 1991 and 2002, Nigeria played a pivotal role in supporting Sierra Leone during its civil war when it led the ECOWAS Monitoring Group in peacekeeping efforts to restore stability in the region.

Sherbro Island City’s vision of an elite urban development brings to mind some of the colonial thinking around the construction of Freetown’s Hill Station enclave a century ago.

Many developed problems in the Sierra Leone civil war due to poor healthcare access. During a 1999 ceasefire, Bo hospital opened a clinic to treat those who needed it. This gallery is from ...

The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to Sierra Leoneans recovering from civil war, the Ebola epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic and the global impacts of the war in Ukraine. Located ...